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 <p><strong>Jay's suggested reading list for beginners:</strong> </p>

<p><strong>SSA Flight Manaul</strong>
by SSA </p>

<p><strong>Glider Basics</strong>
by Tom Knauff </p>

<p><strong>After Solo</strong>
by Tom Knauff </p>

<p><strong>Learning to Fly Glliders</strong>
by <a href="http://www.bobwander.com/">Bob Wander</a> </p>

<p><strong>Private Pilot Glider Checkride  ...Made Easy!</strong>
by <a href="http://www.bobwander.com/">Bob Wander</a> </p>

<p><strong>2007 edition of Private Pilot FAA Knowledge Test</strong>
ASA and possibly other publishers </p>

<p><strong>Transition to Gliders</strong>
by Tom Knauff:
An excellent book if you're an airplane pilot wishing to fly gliders. </p>

<p><strong>Transition to Gliders</strong>
by Bob Wander and others:
This is a DVD video published by Sporty's Pilot Shop. You don't have to buy one, as John Trissel has it in his lending library. </p>

<p><strong>Stick and Rudder</strong>
by Wolfgang Langewiesche:
Stick and Rudder isn't a training manual, nor does it focus on gliders (although it uses gliders as examples), but In my opinion belongs in the personal library of everybody of any experience level who flies fixed wing aircraft. It becomes more valuable if re-read periodically, as I feel I get a better understanding of the subject each time I read it. </p>

<p><strong>Once Upon a Thermal</strong>
by Richard A. Wolters:
This was in print about two decades ago from Crown and SSA and possibly other publishers. It's available from amazon.com, sometimes for less than the postage it will take to get it to you. Somebody told me it's back in print in a paperback edition, but I haven't confirmed this. This isn't a book on how to fly gliders or anything else, but rather one man's story of his participation in the sport of soaring. I've introduced maybe seventy-five people to this book and all but three loved it. I recommend it to anybody who understands English, whether they care about aviation or not. </p>

<p><strong>Glider Flying Handbook</strong>
by FAA: 
I saved the worst for last. You can buy this for about 30 bucks or <a href="http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/glider_handbook/">download it for free</a> (there's a tough choice).
I bought this book and read it when it was first published in 2003. There's material presented in this book worth knowing, but on the whole I was disappointed in that despite respected names in glider instruction associated with it, but it was poorly written and edited. I doubt anybody proof-read it before it went to press. The free downloadable version doesn't seem to be improved. Tom Knauff sells a re-written version. I haven't seen Knauff's version but it might be better than the book as originally published.</p>


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 <p><strong>Advanced Reading:</strong> </p>

<p><strong> Understanding the Sky</strong>   by Dennis Pagen, Dennis Pagen Publishers, Mingoville, Pa. 1992.   A great little book to help you understand the weather. </p>

 <p><strong> Meterology and Flight</strong>  by Tom Bradbury. Second edition, A&C Black, London. 1996.   An updated weather book for glider pilots. Lots of information about wave.  Good diagrams about how fronts form and how low pressure areas develop.  </p>

 <p><strong> Gliding.</strong>  by Derek Piggott, A & C Black Publishers, London, 1990.  An excellent general text on all aspects of soaring.  </p>

 <p><strong> Cross - Country Soaring</strong> by Helmut Reichmann, Soaring Society of
America, 1993.   The classic text.  A practical and mathematical discussion of flying sailplanes cross country.  Oriented toward contest flying.  </p>


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